Landmark TrialRCTRandomized Controlled Trial
A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
New England Journal of Medicine2009IF: 25.4
Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H. Osborne, Peter R. Ebeling, John D. Wark, Peter Mitchell, Chris J Wriedt, Stephen E. Graves, Margaret Staples, Bridie Murphy
Abstract
We found no beneficial effect of vertebroplasty as compared with a sham procedure in patients with painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, at 1 week or at 1, 3, or 6 months after treatment. (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN012605000079640.)